Atom User Reviews for The Tax Collector
This movie was great, idc what nobody says
Metacritic
Once you get past the horrifically casual racist stereotypes, non-existent character depth, incoherent plotting, clichéd dialogue, and baffling editing, what’s perhaps most insulting is how numbingly boring the whole affair ended up. If you’re going to make a movie this lazily, at least try to make it fun!
All this movie has to say is that David Ayer enjoys creating misery, and sharing it. What a repugnant, hateful piece of work this is.
There's a sense of respect for both the L.A. gang codes and Latinx cultural traditions on display, but they're let down by the the film's plot and characters. Combined with Ayer's continued storytelling missteps, The Tax Collector amounts to a lot of blood and brutality without the soulfulness to match.